Answering some of the reviews:
-No Zeref isn't bipolar but that comment strangely made me laugh xD (it's his magic which controls him)
-Lucy's power will be determined in the later chapters
-ANNOUNCEMENT: I will only be updating once a week, I need to concentrate on my exams which are coming up, but I'll write the chapters 2,000 words plus
-Hope you enjoy and don't forget to review your ideas or improvements xox
Unlike the last two days, the weather was warm but refreshing. The sun blazed blistering heat down to us with the perfect accompaniment of a cool, gentle breeze. I couldn't feel more tranquil than I did now, laying on the stout, fluffy grass in the school field, which was hidden behind the Academy.
I absorbed as much heat as I could by tying up my polo shirt so it exposed my stomach and then pitching up the hem of my skirt. Since hardly anyone else was in the area Zeref and I chose to relax, I took off the scarf which shielded my bruises from unwanted eyes and laid down next to my calm friend.
Zeref had taken off his coat and jumper and rolled up his sleeves, exposing his bulging biceps which I couldn't help but admire.
"Isn't this just perfect?" I sighed contently and looked up to him laying a feet away from me on a pitch black blanket.
"There is space on here if you'd like to share." He offered. I blushed at the thought of being so close to him and crawled on all four towards him as he nudged himself to the edge of the blanket.
"Lucy, I'm glad I finally found you!" The moment was instantaneously ruined when Levy approached us along with Cana, Evergreen, Gray, Gajeel, Loke and some girls I didn't recognise. They were both beautiful girls, one who was tall, curvy with big brown eyes and long, scarlet hair and the other with dark blue hair which was curled at the end with matching eyes. Everyone in this school was so beautiful and picturesque, I'm absolutely astounded by them all.
"Oh, I didn't know you were busy." Levy put her small hands over her mouth to hide her smug smile, whilst everyone else was laughing, except for Gajeel and Loke, who both looked towards me very sternly.
Oh no! I was leaning towards Zeref with my clothes exposing half my body as well as his... This must've looked so bad!
I began blushing uncontrollably and stood up quickly, trying to ignore my growing embarrassment.
"Hi Levy!" I smiled enthusiastically whilst awkwardly rubbing the back of my head. Suddenly, everyone but Loke and Gajeel looked shocked at me, as if they've seen something horrendous.
"Are you okay?" Levy looked concerned, her eyes looking back and forth between my neck and Zeref, who was sitting upright behind me with a sorrowful expression on his face. Realising that they were reacting to my bruises, I pulled my long, blond hair around it and widened my eyes in horror.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry about class, I was just a bit grumpy." I stuttered and exaggeratedly grinned and walked up to her. She glanced suspiciously at Zeref again, then passed me the orange T-shirt I left on the beach on Saturday.
"It's fine, don't worry. Here you left this and didn't come back so I took it. Oh, and this is Erza and Juvia." Levy announced the red head and the bluenette. I waved at them and they responded likewise. "Do you want to hang out with us in lunchtime? We're located by that big maple tree." She pointed to an ancient maple tree on the other side of the massive field.
"Definitely!" My eyes brightened up.
"See you, beauty." Loke winked at me before they all walked away and began loudly chatting with each other. I noticed Gajeel look back and smirk.
What the hell was his problem with me?
Zeref ended up at my side, his black trench coat rested on his body again and he stoically looked down at at me.
"I've made new friends, why are you sad-looking, huh?" I faced him and excitably jumped up and down, balancing myself on his cloaked arms, trying to spread my joy to him.
"They think I'm the one who bruised you, Lucy, they don't like me." He despairingly announced, causing my excitable mood to dampen, but I wasn't willing to let it go.
"Well, I'll make it absolutely clear that you didn't and that you're the nicest person I know and my best, best friend." I put on my cutesy voice, grabbed his hands and swung them side to side playfully. Pretending to dance, I was laughing and skipping about, still keeping my grip on his huge hands.
"Did I see a smile?" I beamed towards him as I saw his face defeat to happiness and he began lightly chuckling and swaying his arms with me. Out of nowhere, his body stopped moving and his face turned emotionless again.
"The bell is about to ring, we should go. We have a mathematics test next." Then he sternly walked away from me, reaching for his bag along the way, to which the bell rang right on time.
"Wait! Before you go, what should I do with this?" I picked up the tightly wrapped up bag which contained the nauseating jumper.
"Throw it away, I guess, it was getting too small anyway." He turned around and observed me throw it into a bin attached to the school building.
How was that small on him, it could've easily passed as a dress on me!
As soon as I dropped the bag in the green container, he retreated back towards the school doors again without waiting for me, so I frantically wrapped the scarf around me and grabbed my school bag.
I looked back at the lonely spot in the field's corner where our lying bodies left an indentation on the silky grass to check if we had forgotten something. We hadn't, so I continued striding towards Zeref, who was impatiently waiting for me to be by his side again.
"Sir, I'm new here, do I have to take this test?" Desperately, I tried to mangle my way out of the maths test but the teacher, who was very tall and muscular with slicked back blue hair and a moustache, rejected my every attempt.
"It'd be nice to see your capability with a top-set maths exam, now go on and find your seat." He insisted. Instead of arguing with him anymore, I admitted defeat and walked to the chair next to Zeref, where everyone in the class stared at me quarrelling with the man. I could make out Levy and Erza in the classroom, but that was it.
Most people would assume I was terrible at maths, due to my physical appearance, but in my old school (when I actually went to school) I was the child prodigy excelling in the general subjects: science, PE, English and of course, maths.
"Starts... Now." The teacher, informally called Macao by the students, looked at his watch and sliced his hand through the air declaring the beginning of our test.
After forty minutes, I had confidently finished all the questions, with twenty minutes left to check my answers, which I already knew were correct. It was boring and stretched but that fifth of an hour passed and the bell rang, much to the frustration of some students who hadn't finished, and I was the first to get up and pass the papers to Macao, followed by Zeref.
"How'd you do?" I asked keenly, moving to his side.
"Not too badly. I could see you found it quite simple." He opened the door for me and I gratefully smiled at him.
"Yeah, it was pretty easy. Ooh, what subject do we have next?" Since that was a pretty boring lesson for me, I was eager to discover what our next one would be.
"I have a free period, you can join me if you like."
Of course I'm going to join you, silly, where else would I go?
Our footsteps echoed across the empty, everlasting corridors, leaving an eerie silence throughout the school as other students were being educated. This continued for ten minutes until we reached a large opening in the middle of the school, lighted up by the sun's rays.
It had longer grass, compared to the field outside, with a darker, richer shade of green accompanied by the closest object to us, a lonely willow tree which covered most of a wooden bench. Unquestionably, it was beautiful but abandoned like the pub, The Blue Butterfly, Zeref had shown me yesterday; both lacked attention and care.
When I tried to walk into it, he had ferociously grabbed me and brought me to his side again, painfully pinching my skin with his hands.
"Someone's here." He dauntingly whispered to me, leaving goosebumps all over my body. Wondering where they could be hiding, I looked around the willow tree and saw a cleverly hidden figure waiting behind the leaves.
What if it was those men again?
Whoever it was, they began to walk into sight and there he was, Natsu, confidently and aggressively standing a few meters from us.
"Afraid of me, Zeref?" He scoffed smugly.
"What are you doing here?" Zeref angrily demanded whilst pushing me behind him, approaching the cocky boy with the same stern walk he had before. I clenched my jaw in suspense of what could happen between the two unpredictable but incredibly strong wizards.
"I want to continue fight from before, and this time I'm going to win." Natsu snarled and shrouded his arms in a smouldering flame, igniting a blazing inferno.
Don't do it, Zeref, have some common sense for once, please!